River Yealm

River Yealm
Location
CountryEngland
CountyDevon
Physical characteristics
Mouth 
 • coordinates
50°18′38.8″N 4°4′13.5″W / 50.310778°N 4.070417°W / 50.310778; -4.070417
Length12 mi (19 km)

The Yealm is a river in Devon in England that rises 430 m (1,410 ft) above sea level on the Stall Moor mires of south Dartmoor and travels 12 miles (19 km) to the sea, passing through Cornwood, Lee Mill and Yealmpton, a mid-sized village with a population of c.2,000 which is its largest settlement, before reaching its estuary which forms a ria bounded on its western side by Wembury. A deep inlet of this ria forms the waterfront to Newton Ferrers and Noss Mayo on its eastern side.

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